Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-09-23

Dun q COiieRe.
Millinery-Mrs. d. T. Pape.
Humpbrey's Homcov .thic Remedies.
New Locals-Richard iii, Edinbore
School.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Good conduct is eesy for the students al
Edinboro.
The hearing of the men accused OF the
murder of VIM. cCausland, the stock buyer
has been postponed until Oct. Sd.
-M.F. & NJ. Marks invite your attention
to their stock of Fall and Winter Millinery
goods. See their card in another place.
Barclay Mutton, Esq. of Kittanning, go,
$1,000 for a three year old colt last week. II
pays to raise fine stock.
Our Harrisville Correspondent will have
to send his name if he " ishes his items pub
lished.
Mrs. d. T. Pape has received large
stock of Fall and Winter goods. Ladies and
Childrens' hats and bonnets, millinery, etc
See her card in another place.
-Companies C and E, of the 100 Reg't P
V.-Roundheads-w reune in Centrevile
next Thursday. See programme on mrs.
page of this paper.
The Reunions over. Fred Warde will
be here next week, Barnum the week after
then comes the election, and then We VIII
have nice little rest before Santa Claus
puts in an appearance.
Mr.. Andrew McCaferty, Of Buffalo
township. brought his triplets up to see the
Fair. They consist Of two boys and girl
now twelve years Of age, and are bright ano
healthy looking children.
Mr.. James McNees had two of his stone
pumps in operation at the Far, ana tney
worked perfectly. One of the pumps IS ye'
on the grounds, and can be examined there
by sny persons wishing to do so.
->Accordipg to some of the attorneys fol
the defence ia the liquor cases tried TINS
week. an intemperate man il one who Il
drunk all the time, or is like scoldlng vile
who is scolding all the time.
Mr.. AL. Heck, the clothier, has engaged
brass band mounted on an elephant, and
his formal announcement regarding it VIII
appear next week.
The tyeptv-one schools of Butler opened
On Monday Of this week with 1000 scholars
The buildings are now heated by gas, ant
the janitors make little fire every morning
TO take the dampness ont Of the rooms anc
thereby prevent sickness.
Communion services will be held in the
PRESBYTERIAN church the coming Saboatn
Preaching Friday evtning at 7:30 p. m, sat y,
urday at p m, sunday az IL =. NJ anu % -, -,
n. m. The pastor will be assisted by Kew
LOYAL YCung, d. D., Of Washington, Pa.
Criminal court ended rather suddenly on
Tuesday afternoon Of this week. The cast
va VIM. ReichiDg was tried Monday after
noon. those against Geo. w. Campbell Tues
day morning, and that afternoon the csse
vs. John F. Lowry was practically dropped
on account of lack of evidence against MIN
and court adjourned.
Broad Street, Phila, the scene Of the
GREAT parades Of last week, is one hundred
feet wide and twelve miles long-beiDg prob
ably the widest and broadest, straight stree'
on the planet. Main ST., Butler, ID eighty
feet wide, and the distance from the brldge
20 the upper gate of the North Cemetery II
very nearly one mile. some OF our slue
streets are GO feet wide, some 50 feet aud some
40 feet.
A farmer named ellison, of Mercer coun
ty, was lately swindled out of $1,000, by the
two men wanting ng-to-buy-his-farm arrange
ment. One man calls, looks at farm, buys on
article of agreement, and goes away. Second
man calls. looks at farm, offers much more
Then first man calls again, gets big money
for throwing up his claim TO farm, and OF
course the couple meet and divide the money
and look around for another yictim-always q
man who don't read the papers.
The new Catholic Cemetery was dedicat.
ed with impressive ceremonies on Tuesday
morning. The congregations met in theii
respective churches and marched in process
sion to the cemetery, where they listened to
an elegant address by Bishop Phelan. Faith.
ers Nolan, Romelfnger, Hickey, Brady and
Quilter also took part in the dedication. The
corporation intend making this cemetery one
Of the grandest in the State.
When Mr.. Hamilton, Barnum's agent
wss In our office the other day, he stated that
he had been travelling from fourteen to ff
teen thousand miles every year for some
years past, and had met with but one acci
dent, and that was on q train between Sharon
and Pittsburg, two years ago. The show il
in Canada now, but will be in this vicinity
during the last days Of next week and all the
following week. It takes its course over the
continent and fills its appointments rain oI
shine.
NO notice was taken this year Of the an
niyersary of Perry's Victory--the 10th inst =
which. in years gone by, wss very heartily
celebrated in this section, partially on &c
count Of some Of the heroes OF the battle set
Ting in Western Pennsylvania. Lots o.
babies who were christined Perry, and Oliver
Hazard Perry, after the battle are men now
in the prime Of life. The soldiers Of the wal
of 1912 got pensions and they used to tel
some good stories Of two pensioners OF thii
county, one Of whom was supposed to have
fought with Perry, but who acknowledged
in his latter days, that be was not in the bat
tie nor near Lake Erie at the time, but VIZ.
on his way there, and another who said b;
was not in the war at oil but had sent ''pros
ttutc."
Our new Opera House Is to be opened
next Monday night, with the production O
Shakespeare's tragedy Richard III, by tina
famous tragedian Frederick Wardc; and b,
the way, the improvements on the building
make Il credit to the town. In the frs
place the stage has bssn greatly enlarged
and entirely new scenery put In at q cost o
over $1,000. The front addition provides I
double entrance, vestibule, ticket Office, con
yenient stairways to the gallery, and make
room for about fifty more seats In the audito
rum, which has been repapered ana par
TALLY re-arraBged. The front part Of tn
stage has been slightly lowered. the light
better arranged, and the orchestra set below
range. The building will be heated by fur
naces set in the basement Of the brick build
ing, and lighted by electricity. All the door
used by the aadiGnae open both ways, an
the room could, in case OF Ere, be emptied II
FIVE minutes. The building has been re
painted, and the Improvements made by tn
company will cost them nearly $4oc0.